Methods and sytems for personalized notifications among moving objects

Abstract

Methods and systems for personalized notifications are provided. The methods and systems may include determining a comfort level of a user based on a reaction of the user to a road situation associated with road traffic, defining a zone of the user based on the comfort level, the zone including a location of the user, providing a notification to a vehicle, the notification including information associated with the zone, in response to a result of a comparison of the zone and a trajectory of the vehicle, and controlling the vehicle to drive based on the notification.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 determining a comfort level of a user based on a reaction of the user to a road situation associated with road traffic at a location;   defining a zone of the user based on the comfort level, the zone including a user location of the user;   providing a notification to a vehicle, the notification including information associated with the zone, in response to a result of a comparison of the zone and a trajectory of the vehicle; and   controlling the vehicle to drive based on the notification.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the comfort level of the user is determined based on a machine learning model generated based on a prior observation of the reaction of the user at the location. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the comfort level is determined based on a cumulative score that is computed based on the reaction of the user. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining whether the comfort level is higher than a threshold value; and   allowing the vehicle to enter the zone in response to determining that the comfort level is higher than the threshold value.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining a probability of the vehicle entering the zone based on the trajectory of the vehicle, the location of the user, and the zone; and   providing a notification of the vehicle approaching the zone to the user in response to the probability is higher than a threshold value.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the information includes a distance of the vehicle from the zone. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the notification to the vehicle is provided prior to the vehicle entering the zone. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 modifying the notification to the vehicle based on a historical driving behavior of the vehicle or a driver of the vehicle.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 providing, to the user, a notification including information associated with the vehicle approaching the zone, in response to a determination of a condition requiring caution identified based on a historical driving behavior of the vehicle or a driver of the vehicle.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 maneuvering the vehicle to keep the vehicle out of the zone.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the vehicle is maneuvered to slow down while approaching the zone. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the vehicle is maneuvered to stop. 
     
     
         13 . A system comprising:
 one or more processors; and   memory containing executable instructions, the executable instructions being executable by the one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:
 determining a comfort level of a user based on a reaction of the user to a road situation associated with road traffic; 
 defining a zone of the user based on the comfort level, the zone including a location of the user; 
 providing a notification to a vehicle, the notification including information associated with the zone, in response to a result of a comparison of the zone and a trajectory of the vehicle; and 
 controlling the vehicle to drive based on the notification. 
   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises:
 determining whether the comfort level is higher than a threshold value; and   allowing the vehicle to enter the zone in response to the comfort level is determined to be higher than the threshold value.   
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises:
 determining a probability of the vehicle entering the zone based on the trajectory of the vehicle, the location of the user, and the zone; and   providing a notification of the vehicle approaching the zone to the user in response to the probability is higher than a threshold value.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the information includes a distance of the vehicle from the zone. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the notification to the vehicle is provided prior to the vehicle entering the zone. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises:
 modifying the notification to the vehicle based on a historical driving behavior of the vehicle or a driver of the vehicle.   
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises:
 Providing, to the user, a notification including information associated with the vehicle approaching the zone, in response to a determination of a condition requiring caution identified based on a historical driving behavior of the vehicle or a driver of the vehicle.   
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises:
 maneuvering the vehicle to keep the vehicle out of the zone.